In Maharashtra, the tax is in the range of 9-11% for petrol-driven cars based on the cost of vehicle, and 11-13% for those that ply on diesel. The tax slabs will now increase to 11-13% and 13-15%, respectively.

On the other hand, statistics show private car rides increased from 10.9% of the total daily commuters in 2005-06 to 22.9% in 2015-16. In terms of numbers, private car and bike ridership increased from 7.6 lakh to 16.4 lakh —a 116% growth in a decade.

With the 2017 assembly election in sight, CM Anandiben Patel on Saturday announced that cars and small vehicles, including three-wheelers, will be exempted from paying toll tax on state as well as national highways in Gujarat from August 15.

As per the suit filed, Royal Enfield has infringed Flash electronics’ patent on “Regulator Rectifier Device and Method for Regulating an Output Voltage of the Same” duly issued by the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) to Flash Electronics on February 20, 2018 after Flash’s R&D department made a breakthrough invention of the component in 2014.